Yagha ware: an experiment in dating archeological material by oral tradition

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Title:	Yagha ware: an experiment in dating archeological material by oral tradition
Author:	Calvocoressi, David
Year:	1977
Periodical:	West African Journal of Archaeology
Volume:	7
Pages:	179-186
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Ghana
Subjects:	Dyan archaeology chronology
Abstract:	A distinctive pottery type found on a number of sites in northwest Ghana and in neighbouring Upper Volta is traditionally attributed to the Dian who now live in and around Diebougou in Upper Volta. A seventeenth and early eighteenth - century date for this pottery in the Lawra area of Ghana is suggested on the basis of oral traditions of the man and other peoples. The hypothesis is put forward in the hope that it may be tested by future excavations in the area. Fig., pl., ref.